Comments on: Portable Apps

By: WhiteCoat

WhiteCoat — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:19:48 +0000

I wasn’t aware of that, but I always reformat new thumb drives when I purchase them anyway.
Also did a quick internet search and found that some viruses are written to load onto new drives that are inserted into the computer – such as at photo kiosks and in internet cafes.
Be careful out there.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:16:08 +0000

You’re aware that a good percentage of USB drives have viruses on them right from the factory, right?

By: DocV

DocV — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:45:54 +0000

Don’t know the effect this would have on the temperament of hospital IT staff …

I mentioned it to our IT lady. Her eyes rolled back and she started foaming at the mouth… guess I shouldn’t have said anything

By: DaveyNC

DaveyNC — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:41:04 +0000

Thumb drive, thumb drive, thumb drive. I’m calling them thumb drives. You can’t stop me.

By: WhiteCoat

WhiteCoat — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:54:35 +0000

There are many Linux distributions that run solely off of CDs. I have used Ubuntu off of a CD distro. Haven't delved into them enough to determine where the preferences/bookmarks/etc go, but perhaps these might help if hospital USB sockets are disabled. Don't know the effect this would have on the temperament of hospital IT staff ...

By: GruntDoc

GruntDoc — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:51:12 +0000

Yeah, I was looking forweard to this a few years ago. But, IT isn’t stupid: they disabled all the USB interfaces.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:40:46 +0000

Another tip is you can install portable apps on your normal computer if you don’t want to bother installing something or you want to make that program easily synchronized with another computer (just copy the folder over and you’re done).

And as a terminology heads up, they’re called flash drives because they use flash memory. Thumb drives, usb drives, thumb sticks, etc are terms that lost out a few years ago.

By: CardioNP

CardioNP — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:33:18 +0000

Our facility bans the use of personal thumb drives. If you want to use one it has to be issued by the IT department and encoded.

By: DaveyNC

DaveyNC — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:29:48 +0000

Not sure if PortableApps has NeoSafe, but you should use it if you work on public wifi ever, and who doesn’t? Get it here: http://goo.gl/fblw

Also, make sure you carry KeePass to store passwords in and also to generate very strong passwords. Here: http://goo.gl/oILn

Handy stuff, all of this, and the true mark of a geek.